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Indian captive : the story of Mary Jemison  Cover Image Book Book

Indian captive : the story of Mary Jemison

Lenski, Lois 1893-1974 (author,, illustrator.).

Summary: Captured, as a child, by the Seneca Indians, Mary stays with the tribe even when given a chance to return to her own people.

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  • Physical Description: print
    269 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Co., [1941]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (leaf at end).
Formatted Contents Note: Come what may -- The long journey -- Fort Duquesne -- Seneca Town -- Lost in sorrow -- A singing bird -- Slow weaving -- A second captivity -- By the falling waters -- Old Fallenash-- Running Deer -- Porcupine quills -- Willing sacrifice -- A new cooking pot -- The rattlesnake -- Born of a long ripening.
Awards Note:
Newbery Honor Book, 1942.
Subject: Jemison, Mary 1743-1833 Juvenile fiction
Seneca Indians Juvenile fiction
Indians of North America Juvenile fiction
Indian captivities
Genre: Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library HIST JUV LENS 1941 247385 Historical Reshelving -

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